Before Barack Obama

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Glenn Close stars as Vice President Kathryn Bennett (to Harrison Ford's President James Marshall) in the 1997 action-thriller "Air Force One." When President Marshall's plane is taken over by Russian high-jackers, things really get interesting for the vice president as well.

Glenn Close stars as Vice President Kathryn Bennett (to Harrison Ford's President James Marshall) in the 1997 action-thriller "Air Force One." When President Marshall's plane is taken over by Russian high-jackers, things really get interesting for the vice president as well. (Claudette Barius / Columbia Pictures)

Glenn Close stars as Vice President Kathryn Bennett (to Harrison Ford's President James Marshall) in the 1997 action-thriller "Air Force One." When President Marshall's plane is taken over by Russian high-jackers, things really get interesting for the vice president as well.